Posts Tagged → backup
August 28th, 2008
linux filesystem rotating incremental backup
I recently got a new VPS from vpslink.com. Their service is great because I can choose from a list of operating systems. I, of course, chose “Hardy Heron”, Ubuntu 8.04. This service is totally unmanaged other than DNS and billing so I have to manage everything myself, including backup.
I haven’t found anything out there that I’ve fallen in love with as far as backup is concerned, so I started with a shell script that covered the basics. I needed a rotating incremental backup script with full backups performed once a week. I wanted all the backups to live in a top level path like /backup and I wanted the whole backup process to be owned and operated by a backup user. My distribution came with a backup user, it just needed to be configured.
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June 3rd, 2006
all about backup
Backup seems like a very simple concept. The idea is to make an extra copy of important data so in the event of a failure or disaster, that data can be promptly recovered. But anyone who's been through the data recovery process knows that its just not that simple. There are a staggaring array of different choices to make when designing a backup solution. The decisions you make will be determined by the type of data and amount you need to back up, your reliability and downtime tolerances, and your budget. A good backup solution can be as simple as a USB thumb drive to hold backup accounting records or as complex as the most advanced disk to disk to disk solutions for backing up legacy database systems. Continue reading →By stevecrozz • No Comment
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